St Louis Cardinals vs Milwaukee Brewers Prediction, Pick and Preview, April 15 (4/15): MLB

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The St Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers will play the second of a 4-game series at the American Family Field on Friday night. The Cardinals have won 6 of the last 8 head to head games against the Brewers.

St Louis Cardinals

The Cardinals get here with a 3-2 record after losing the first game of the series against the Brewers. The team is averaging 5.20 runs per game and allowing 4.20 runs. Nolan Arenado leads with 3 home runs and batting for .400 AVG whit 9 RBI so far.

Wainwright allowed 4 runs on 8 hits across 4.1 innings and got the loss in the first game. He struck out 7 and 2 walks.

Probable Pitcher:

Miles Mikolas (0-0, 4.91 ERA) will be on the mound for the Cardinals in the 2nd game of the 4-game series. Mikolas gave up two runs on six hits and two walks while striking out one in 3.2 innings in a 6-2 win Saturday against Pittsburgh.

Milwaukee Brewers

The Brewers get here with a 4-3 record after beating the Cards 5-1 on Thursday. The team is averaging 3.29 runs and allowing 3.86 runs per game. Christian Yelich is batting for a .261 AVG while Rowdy Tellezn leads with 4 RBI. Willy Adames has 1 home run.

Woodruff threw five shutout innings,  struck out two and allowed just three hits and a walk and earned his first win of the season.

Probable Pitcher: 

Freddy Peralta (0-0, 6.75 ERA) will take the mound in the 1st game of the series for the Brewers. Peralta allowed three runs on three hits and four walks while striking out six in four innings during Sunday's win over the Cubs. He didn't factor into the decision.

BETTING TRENDS

St. Louis are 6-2 SU in their last 8 games against Milwaukee.

St. Louis are 11-2 SU in their last 13 games on the road.

Milwaukee are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games.

The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 6 games at home.

Prediction

Brandon Woodruff returned to form and dominated the Cardinals in the 1st game but Freddy Peralta lost his last 2 appearances against them, allowing at least 3 runs per game. Mikolas has done a good job against the Brewers allowin 6 runs in 18.20 innings in his last 3 games against them. I think the Cardinals will bounce back and win this game to tie the series.

PICK: Cardinals ML (+130)

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